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She's always been larger than life. Now the story of Sue the Tyrannosaurus rex, the pride of the Field Museum, hits the big screen in "Dinosaur 13," opening Friday at the Gene Siskel Film Center — 24 years and three days after she was discovered in the Badlands of South Dakota. The documentary by Todd Douglas Miller, which won a coveted opening-night spot in this year's Sundance Film Festival, tells the triumphant tale of Sue's discovery and the subsequent legal battles for Pete Larson, president of the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in tiny Hill City, S.D. It also raises questions about the often-complicated relationships between private...

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She's always been larger than life. Now the story of Sue the Tyrannosaurus rex, the pride of the Field Museum, hits the big screen in "Dinosaur 13," opening Friday at the Gene Siskel Film Center — 24 years and three days after she was discovered...

In 1997, with considerable help from McDonald's and the Walt Disney Corp., Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History outbid (among others) the Smithsonian Institution and bought the bones of the 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex known as Sue. The...

Bob Dylan's handwritten manuscript for "Like a Rolling Stone" sold for just over $2 million on Tuesday at Sotheby's rock and roll auction, which also included memorabilia from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley.The price for the...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Seriously, Portsmouth?
You're going to be that perfect? So ideal that I ache, I envy and I curse my childhood for not including your idyllic splendor?
Yes. You are going to be that perfect.
I've visited many places, but you,...

Leading real estate brokerage firm Jameson Real Estate, comprised of Jameson Sotheby's International Realty and Jameson Commercial, announced today that the firm’s sales volume has grown by 400 percent since 2008. The firm is also on pace to have a...

Former Chicago Blackhawks center Dave Bolland, who scored the game-winning goal in the final game of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, on Tuesday listed his seven-bedroom, 6,100-square-foot mansion in west Lincoln Park for $1.9 million.
A Toronto native,...

Former Chicago Bears punter Brad Maynard has sold his five-bedroom, 5,971-square-foot house in Long Grove for $1.25 million.
Maynard, 39, was with the Bears from 2001 until he was released in 2011. After stints with two other teams, Maynard is out of...

When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....

A painting by Norman Rockwell that recently sold for more than $1 million has been reported missing in New York.
The New York Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in finding "Sport," a painting that depicts a man sitting in a...

After reviewing ground rules like "no touching other people's stuff," Greg and Khristie Kaplan took their three kids on spring house-hunting expeditions of 40 homes in Hawthorn Woods. Their 14-year-old daughter helped corral her 4-year-old...

A prominent North Side real estate executive was charged today with trying to steal three designer neckties from Bloomingdale's on the Magnificent Mile during Black Friday.
Michael J. Sato, 44, president of Jameson-Sotheby's real estate, allegedly...

They split in 2008, but apparently Madonna stayed married to director Guy Ritchie just long enough to absorb his most grating cinematic instincts — shooting in every style, in an addled, shuffle-mode, falsely glamorizing way until all is chaos. And,...

Months after they agreed to split up, Jaimie and Michael Bolnick continued to live together as they tried to sell their house in Oakland, N.J. "It was really hard," Jaimie Bolnick recalled. "You're living in the house and trying to stay...

One way to help an ailing housing market regain its health is to clear the books of foreclosures.
Buying foreclosed properties can help mitigate this sad chapter and turn to a promising new one by ensuring a neighborhood maintains its value and property...

From the moment AJ Palmgren learned of Lot 397, he knew he had to have it.
But he had never bid at an auction before, and as he took a seat toward the back of the gallery, his nerves took over.
"I hoped I wasn't going to space out," he...

After a two-year stay, Marilyn Monroe is saying farewell to Palm Springs.
"Forever Marilyn," the three-story-tall sculpture by artist Seward Johnson, will be dismantled this week so that the leggy tourist attraction can be shipped to its next...

Q: I have an 11-in.-by-14-in. copper lithograph by Paul Ritter that I rescued from being melted down. I've done some research and all I can find is a little about the artist. Any info and possible value?
A: The item seen in images sent is a flat sheet of...

Why not buy that Rembrandt online?E-commerce firm EBay Inc. and Sotheby’s auction house are betting you will. The companies announced a partnership Monday creating online access to live auctions at Sotheby’s New York headquarters. Art...

Q: I've tried to ID my teddy bear, but no luck. I have been told he' a Steiff bear, but I have not found a button on him. How can I have my bear appraised and identified?
A: The bear seen in an image sent is light-haired with fluffy fur and pad feet....